Triple
T2419125
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mike Markkula |
E52377
|
entity |
| Predicate | nickname |
P55
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mike Markkula |
E52377
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Mike Markkula | Statement: [Mike Markkula, nickname, Mike Markkula]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Markkula Context triple: [Mike Markkula, nickname, Mike Markkula]
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A.
Mike Markkula
chosen
Mike Markkula is an American entrepreneur and early investor who played a crucial role in the founding and initial growth of Apple Computer, serving as its first major backer and a key executive.
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B.
Andy Bechtolsheim
Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.
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C.
Andrew S. Grove
Andrew S. Grove was a Hungarian-American engineer, businessman, and longtime Intel CEO who played a pivotal role in shaping the modern semiconductor industry and personal computing.
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D.
Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American engineer, billionaire venture capitalist, and co-founder of Sun Microsystems known for his influential role in Silicon Valley and early-stage technology investing.
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E.
John Sculley
John Sculley is an American businessman best known for serving as Apple’s CEO in the 1980s after being recruited from PepsiCo, during which time he both helped expand the company and clashed with Steve Jobs.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ab495622948190bc6bc6e4cddaf645 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc96e1b3881909de57501b5d4099a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aef0a299648190a55e9f2c47bd307f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.